How to Draw Hair Step by Step

Hair is very difficult to draw, because what we see is different than what we know. You can’t simply draw all the hairs in the form of lines, because that’s not what we see when we look at hair. What we see must be simplified to lines and shades, and there are many ways to do it.

How to Draw Hair Step by Step

In this tutorial, I will show you one of these ways—a simple method that’s great for quick rendering and sketches. I will present this method on four examples: long straight hair, short hair, wavy hair, and afro-textured hair.

Before You Start

To follow this tutorial, you’ll need some kind of head base. You can use mine, or create your own in some other style.